Best bets: Taste of ‘Country Blues’

Southern Rock icon Gregg Allman headlines the Taste of Syracuse 2011, with a free concert at 9 p.m. Saturday June 4, on the festival’s main stage at the corner of West Washington and South Franklin streets, downtown.

One of the founders of the legendary Allman Brothers Band, the 63-year-old keyboardist and singer released his latest solo album, “Low Country Blues,” earlier this year.

On Friday and Saturday, June 3 and 4, Taste of Syracuse will feature nearly four dozen restaurant booths and beverage stations all around Clinton Square. The festival will also present live music on three stages. Among the main-stage sets by regional rockers will be Under the Gun at 9:30 p.m. Friday June 3, and Kane at 6 p.m. Saturday, June 4.

Other notable sets will be performed by The Ripcords at 4:15 p.m. Friday June 3, and The Flashcubes at 6:15 p.m. Saturday June 4, both on the Verizon Wireless Clinton Square Stage; tasteofsyracuse.com.